Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight is a Retro style 2D Side-scrolling Action and Platform video game by Yacht Club Games. The game offers an 8-Bit retro game inspired gameplay in which it allows the players to be the great Shovel Knight who goes on an adventure to rescue his friend, Shield Knight. Shield Knight gets clutched by the dastardly foes, and the only person who can liberate Shield Knight is the Shovel Knight. The players are tasked to get into the role of Shovel Knight, traverse through a 2D retro world, encounter the foes and kill them to keep on moving towards the goal. As describes the name, Shovel Knight lets the players have a Shovel as their primary weapon and use it against the enemies while jumping, running and through the platforms. With a side-scrolling view, Shovel Knight lets the players enjoy an amazingly addictive gameplay, beautiful 2D graphics and amazing encounters with the enemies at the same time. With an entirely satisfying gameplay and all the well-crafted platform fun, Shovel Knight offers an experience similar to the biggest names in retro gaming such as DuckTales, Mega Man and provides an NES-style environment and much more to discover. For an amazing 2D Retro Platforming experience, do play this game and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#1 VVVVVV
VVVVVV is a great Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game that offers a similar game-play as Spelunky. This immersive game fixes you up into the character of Captain Viridian who gets lost in an alternative dimension while searching for five of his missing crew members. The game allows you to reverse gravity to avoid obstacles like Spikes, Greenish Ghosts and Deep pits etc. and carry on with your mission. With a heavy influence from Commodore 64, Super Meat Boy and Chiptune, VVVVVV offers vibrant visuals, an amazingly immersive and engaging game-play along with a wonderful story-line. For an amazing Super Meat Boy type experience, you must play this game, it fun.
#2 Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy is an Action-Adventure and independent Puzzle-Platform Video game developed by Team Meat. The game features Dark Red Cube character named Meat Boy who embarks on a journey to save his Heavily Bandaged Girlfriend named Bandage Girl from Malevolent Genius and an Evil Scientist Dr. Fetus. The game offers more than 300 levels of pure awesomeness filled with dreadful obstacles like Saw Blades, Crumbling Blocks, Chilling Fires and deep Pits etc. Super Meat Boy is divided into different chapters that have various difficulty levels and collectively all the chapters offer over 300 game levels. Furthermore, Super Meat boy offers thrilling boss battles, and encounters with loads of other enemies and obstacles etc. With a fast-paced gameplay, cool game mechanics and fantastic 2D visuals, Super Meat Boy is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#3 Swordigo
Swordigo is a mix of Action Role-playing, Metroidvania, Adventure, and Platform elements developed and published by Touch Foo for Android and iOS. The game offers Single-player mode and has the similar gameplay to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Metroid. According to the plot, the player awakes at the mid-night feeling strange and goes outside for fresh air when a strange man informs him that the mentor went into the forest and didn’t come back. After exploring the woods, the player discovers the master die. To learn the first magic bolt the player is sent to the house of Elder. As the story advances, the Elder tells the player to find the Mage Blade and must defeat the Corruptors. The game mainly focuses on side-scroll action-adventure gameplay, where the player can run, swing, jump, and can use magic spells his way through a series of levels. By killing enemies, the player receives experience points and can use these points to level up health, magic, or attack power.
#4 Flood of Light
Flood of Light is a mix of Adventure, Role-playing, and Puzzle elements created and published by Irisloft for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. The game features a Single-player mode, and the story follows a mysterious girl who is in a raincoat comes to the city submerged by rain. During gameplay, the player needs to subside the rain in order to rescue the city by illuminating the stone and lamp posts with the little light on the player hand. In the game, the player assumes the role of the mysterious girl with an aim to uncover who she is as the rain in the beautiful city subsidies. The game uses the unique mechanic and provides a brand new experience that players have never experienced before. Experience the evolving puzzles, in which the more puzzles the player solve, the more difficult light abilities the player receive to face. There are nine different chapters available, consisting of sixty levels and more than twenty unique mechanics. The game uses the hand-drawn graphics. The game comprises several hidden collectibles, which the player uses to uncover the hidden secret of the city. With immersive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and cool features, Flood of Light is the best game to play.
#5 Postknight
Postknight deals with RPG elements and comes with Single-player mode, developed and published by Kurechii. The game reimagines the superb parts of RPG games into bite-sized bits with an exciting adventure. In the game, the plot revolves around an adventure of a Postknight, a character who is tasked with dangerous deliveries in the massive kingdom. While delivering, the player can encounter NPCs with different plots and backgrounds while venturing around the kingdom. Using the intuitive controls, the player can explore the world from a side-scroll perspective, fight against enemies using a sword and earn points to use in the shop for upgrades, equipment, and more. Each delivery increases the experience of the postknight, along with intelligence, agility, vitality, and strength. There are several stages, and each offers a set of objectives that the player needs to complete to move to the next level. Postknight includes core features such as Exciting Expedition, Breathtaking Environment, Destiny and Dates, Strategic Skills, Brilliant Blends, and more. Try it out, if you love playing RPGs.
#6 The Deer God
The Deer God is a 2D Adventure, Pixel Graphics, and Single-player Platform video game played from a side-scroll perspective, developed by Crescent Moon Games. The game takes place in the breathtaking 3D world where the player sets off an epic adventure that will challenge his religion and platforming skills. It is a challenging game about reincarnation, survival, and karma, and all of these are set in a breathtaking and unique world. In the game, the player needs to feast his eyes on the brilliant lighting, dynamic day/night system, and abundant environment. The main job of the player is to become one of the most beautiful animals on Earth. The game allows the player to become a deer to explore the beautiful 3D pixel art land full of various animals and characters to interact. During the game, the player can use different power of statuses and level up his antlers. The Deer God includes key features such as Tons of Items, Find Secrets, Night and Day System, Various Quests, and more.
#7 Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones is a Platform, Stealth-based, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Curve Studios and published by Curve Digital. The game serves as the sequel to Stealth Bastard Deluxe, introducing multiple mechanics which involve puzzle sections. The story revolves around the clone, who escapes the test facility and discovers the reason behind the clones’ existence. According to the plot, the game focuses on goggles-wearing clones, where the player control multiple clones. During the gameplay, he can explore the facility, where the clones were born, unlocking equipment to access new areas as they explore. The game deals with different equipment for solving tricky puzzle, unlike the previous title which had googles. It comes with level editor, enabling the player to create his unique level by playing hurdles, obstacles, and more. The game is played from a side-scroll perspective and the player can engage in platform gameplay experience. Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones includes core features such as Linear Gameplay, Metroidvania Style, Hi-tech Gadgets, 60FPS Cut Scenes, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#8 Magic Rampage
Magic Rampage is an Action Role-playing, Side-scroll, Hack-and-Slash and Single-player video game developed and published by Asantee. The game introduces character customization and plenty of weapons to equip from knife to magical staves. The environment takes place dungeon and the game offers new enemies, secrets areas to explore and new obstacles in each dungeon. In the game, the player needs to search for bonuses and levels, struggle to strive in Survival mode, and join forces with NPCs to battle against challenging bosses. Magic Rampage is inspired by 90’s old classic platformer games, offering engaging and refreshed gameplay mechanics. The player can run, jump, and attack enemies using ranged weapons through the variety of levels to advance in game. He can explore the land from side-scroll perspective and try to score the best points to challenge his friends. With engaging gameplay, brilliant graphics and touch controls, Magic Rampage is the best game to play.
#9 Titan Souls
Titan Souls is an Action-Adventure, Isometric Perspective, and Single-player video game developed by Acid Nerve and published by Devolver Digital for multiple platforms. The game mixes the Rogue-like, Pixel-Graphics, and Puzzle elements and comes with an addictive gameplay, in which the Titan Souls lies between the real world and the planet Earth. According to the plot, Titan Souls serve as the spiritual source and the sum of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and defend by the idle titans selected to take care, a solitary legend equipped with a single arrow. In the game, the player has a single arrow and can take one hit. The ultimate task of the player to take down 19 challenging massive monsters known as the Titans, which can like the player take only one hit but there is only one way to be defeated. During the battle, the player needs to figure out how the monsters behave and then find a way to take down them. It has multiple levels with increasing difficulty and the player must complete each one to save the world and score the best points. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#10 Adventure Story
Adventure Story is a Side-scroll, Platform and Single-player video game created by Rendered Ideas for mobile devices such as Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. The game takes you on an epic adventure with exciting levels. It comes with stunning story, where the protagonist and his brother were taking a nap in forest of flowers on a peaceful day. Suddenly, an evil named as Hippo appeared out to spread chaos. All the inhabitants of jungle fear from the brutal monsters and run across the jungle to save their lives. The protagonist named as Chingu ran, but his beloved brother couldn’t run and captured by the monster. After realizing the guilt, the protagonist decides to save his little brother and take revenge from evil and teach the monster lesson. The game explores the world from a side-scroll perspective, encounter enemies and crush them to advance through the level. The game consists of up to fifty unique levels with increasing difficulty and each level offers the cute and beautiful graphics. Adventure Story offers core features such as Epic Gameplay, Intuitive Controls, Ability to Double Jump, 50 Levels, and more.
#11 Gunslugs
Gunslugs is a Pixel-Graphics, Action, platform, Retro-style, and Single-player Side-scroll Shooting video game developed and published by OrangePixel. The game offers a brilliant story, revolving around an evil duck and his minions, struggling to take over the planet with his evil army using the advanced technology and the extensive collection of soldiers. The world needs a hero, and you are the last hope of your people. You must jump into the world where you have to battle against evil Duck and his minions to save the planet. During the gameplay, you can battle in jungles, plane yards, arctica, and the gate of hell. You can use the jetpack to fly and shoot eggs for guns. It focuses on fast-paced gameplay with a run and jumps mechanics, taking place in the procedurally generated environment and introduces the element of perma-death. You have to collect coins and can use them to purchase upgrades, improvements, and mini-games like Donkey Kong, etc. Gunslugs includes prominent features such as Several Levels, different Mini-Games, Gunslugs Heroes, Upgrades, Weapons, Permadeath, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.